Re: Hadood ordinance Ammended!!
Regardless of what the bill propose, I think if the crime is proven then the punishment should be what is legislated in Islam, however we may need to improve on our methods for prosecuting. For instance, the four witness criteria in a rape case is just not possible these days. Forensic and DNA testing provide more reliable evidence now, the only question that remains to be sorted out is that whether it was rape or adultery. In case of rape the rapist deserves the punishment whereas in the case of adultery both get the punishment.
Now rape can happen by force however adultery cannot happen without mutual consent even if it starts out as adultery and mid one of the adulterers realizes what they are doing is wrong and they try to back out however the other party forces them into it, which more than probably would be the stronger one i.e. male, which is why both adulterers get the punishment.